Author: Disini & Disini Law Office

14 Jun Disini & Disini leads data privacy forum for HR Professionals

Posted at 14:30h in dndfeature by Disini & Disini Law Office

Digital Freedom Network, Disini & Disini Law Office and Data Privacy Philippines are set to launch a day-long symposium this July designed to assist employers, human resource officers, and data protection officers in complying with the Data Privacy Act. Data Privacy Bootcamp for HR Professionals...

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25 Jan Binance CEO Denies KYC Data Breach

Posted at 23:58h in Foreign, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

The CEO of top cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, recently blasted news outlets in a tweet for irresponsibly reporting about a breach without proper verification. Changpeng Zhao said that CCN’s original post did not even mention the names of the exchanges they were implicating. Leah Li, the global...

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25 Jan Period Trackers Found Monetizing Women’s Personal Data

Posted at 23:58h in Foreign, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

Researchers recently warned that period-tracking apps may be monetizing the personal data of women users which do not even guarantee results. Anna Glasier, a contraception researcher at the University of Edinburgh, said that such apps do not even have to meet any privacy standards. It was...

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25 Jan ‘Smart Parasite’ Protects User Privacy Around Smart Speakers

Posted at 23:58h in Foreign, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

An open source project which seeks to give smart speaker owners more privacy was released by researchers Bjørn Karmann and Tore Knudsen this month. Project Alias, which is dubbed a ‘smart parasite’, feeds ‘always listening’ smart speakers such as Google Home and Alexa Echo white...

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25 Jan Cisco Report Says Data Privacy Impacts Business Outcomes

Posted at 23:58h in Foreign, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

In its 2019 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, networking giant Cisco said that businesses should consider data privacy compliance and implementation as an opportunity to grow their business, rather than an added cost. In a study involving more than 3,200 global security and privacy professionals around the...

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25 Jan European Commission Announces Adoption of Adequacy Decision on Japan

Posted at 23:58h in Foreign, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

This week, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision on the transfer of personal data from the EU to Japan. In a joint statement, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Věra Jourová and Commissioner of the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan Haruhi...

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24 Jan Sky Go App Bug Puts Customer Data at Risk

Posted at 23:49h in Foreign, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

Security researcher Sean Wright revealed this week that a vulnerability in the Sky Go Windows desktop application which may put customer data at risk of exposure. Wright says the app makes several requests over plain HTTP without any encryption in place, which means information sent...

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24 Jan Millions of US Mortgage, Banking Documents Left Exposed Online

Posted at 23:49h in Foreign, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

Earlier in January, cybersecurity expert Bob Diachenko reported finding an unprotected server containing 24 million mortgage and banking records which had been exposed for around two weeks. Diachenko reported to TechCrunch that the server “had more than a decade’s worth of data, containing loan and...

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24 Jan Most Consumers Still Willing to Share Data, New Study Shows

Posted at 23:49h in Foreign, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

A newly published study by Blis, which focused on the changing perceptions of consumers on personal privacy, found that while people’s awareness on personal data is growing, they are inclined to give it away. In a report called “The Currency of Data: Quantifying the Value...

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24 Jan BSP Probes Cebuana Lhuillier Breach

Posted at 23:49h in Local, News by Disini & Disini Law Office

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said this week that it is looking into Cebuana Lhuiller’s recent data breach which is estimated to have affected around 900,000 customers. The pawnshop and remittance company said that they detected the breach just last weekend from an email server containing...

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